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Watson Named Penn State Extension,
Outreach State Program Leader
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Dr. Jack Watson, exten
sion specialist and research scien
tist in the University of Arizona’s
Department of Soil, Water and
Environmental Science, has been
appointed state program leader for
agriculture and natural resources
with Penn State Cooperative Ex
tension and Outreach.
As state program leader, Wat
son provides leadership and sup
port for the development, imple
mentation, evaluation of statewide
educational programs centering
on all aspects of animal and plant
agriculture, horticulture, and na
tural resource issues.
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He actively develops funding
and other resources and maintains
training for cooperative extension
and other outreach initiatives.
Watson, with a tenured faculty
position in the College’s Depart
ment of Agronomy, works closely
with administrators in the College
of Agricultural Sciences, aca
demic department heads, regional
extension directors, faculty and
county extension agents, and aca
demic and outreach programs in
other colleges within the univer
sity.
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said Ted Alter, associate vice pre
sident for outreach and director of
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sion, “that Dr. Watson will be
bringing his extensive experience
and expertise to bear on agricul
tural and natural resource issues in
Pennsylvania. Penn State Co
operative Extension is dedicated
to providing research-based solu
tions and non-formal educational
programs to citizens in all 67
counties of the commonwealth.”
Watson’s tenure at the Univer
sity of Arizona began in 1984,
when he was hired as a post-doc
toral associate in the Department
of Soils, Water and Engineering.
Late that year, he was appointed to
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a faculty position as assistant ex
tension specialist in the soil, wa-'
ter, and environmental science de
partment He was promoted to as
sociate extension specialist in
1988 and earned his promotion to
extension specialist and research
scientist in 1996.
Before coming to the Univer
sity of Arizona, Watson worked as
a research scientist in the Com
monwealth Scientific and Indus
trial Research Organization’s Di
vision of Environmental Mechan
ics in Canberra, Australia.
Watson earned a bachelor’s de
gree in education/mathematics
from Kent State University in
1973. He continued his education
at the University of Arizona, earn
ing a master’s degree in 1979 and
a doctorate in 1982 both in soil
and water science.
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